Haddox, Thomas F. <br/><br/>
Hard Sayings  The Rhetorics of Christian Orthodoxy in Late Modern Fiction / 
Thomas F. Haddox. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 225 p.) 
 - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies .
 - Literature, religion, and postsecular studies. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : Christian orthodoxy and the rhetoric of fiction -- Flannery O'Connor, the irreducibility of belief, and the problem of audience -- Catholicism for "really intelligent people" : the rhetoric of Muriel Spark -- John Updike's rhetoric of Christian American narcissism -- Walker Percy's rhetoric of time, apocalypse, and the modern predicament -- The uses of orthodoxy : Mary Gordon and Marilynne Robinson -- Epilogue : on belief and academic humility. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814270080 0814270085 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Robinson, Marilynne--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Gordon, Mary, 1949- --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Updike, John--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Spark, Muriel--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>O'Connor, Flannery--Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN49  / .H23 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54093823